Agriculture

Dutch technology can help KSA reduce agricultural water consumption by 70%​

The Netherlands is willing to share its technology on efficient use of water in agriculture with the Kingdom, according to Agricultural Counselor at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Dr. Hans van der Beek. "Saudi Arabia could cut its agricultural water consumption by up to 70 percent such as in growing date palms. At present, each date palm consumes roughly 100 cubic meter of water per year," he said. 

California’s epic drought is pushing Big Oil to solve a problem it’s struggled with for decades: what to do with the billions of gallons of wastewater that gush out of wells every year 

California’s epic drought is pushing Big Oil to solve a problem it’s struggled with for decades: what to do with the billions of gallons of wastewater that gush out of wells every year.

The Warrawagine Cattle Company will use excess water from the nearby Woodie Woodie manganese mine to irrigate a variety of crops, including sorghum, maize, and oats 

The Warrawagine Cattle Company will use excess water from the nearby Woodie Woodie manganese mine to irrigate a variety of crops, including sorghum, maize, and oats.

A team of Murdoch University researchers have designed an efficient, small-scale greenhouse combining desalination with food production

They say the Bubble-Greenhouse represents an easy-to-operate, low-maintenance option for remote regions and communities faced with groundwater salinity issues.

The key to the concept is its novel humidification-dehumidification (HD) process, which projects to have a much higher water-production capacity than existing small-scale desalination technologies.

In an effort to see if additional nitrogen is justified, researchers from the University of Illinois initiated a new study. The goal of the study is to evaluate four different application methods of 200 lbs of N at four different research sites